Alice Rekab is an Irish-Sierra Leonean artist born and bred in Dublin whose work offers a unique perspective on what it means to be Irish today.

Dublin

"I'd love to bring you to Simon's place,  a cafe I've been going to since I was 14. It's not a contemporary coffee culture kind of cafe. It's something like Paris in the 1970s — It's got that kind of a vibe. It's a place where you can buy a cup of coffee and stay for three hours. That's nice to just sit there and take it in, look out the window."

Simon’s Place

"It’s quite well selected so I always find something I want in there, I kind of have to sometimes not go in there. So I don't spend too much money. But it's a really good spot."

Tola Vintage

"This is a huge recommendation. I think I take everyone who comes to Dublin to Gursha. The food is amazing. Very reasonable - and a really, really nice atmosphere. And the only Ethiopian restaurant in Dublin."

Gursha

"Project Art Centre is a gallery space for contemporary art, but they also have a really, really interesting theatre programme. So that's a really, really great art centre with a really interesting history of its own as well."

Project Arts Centre

"Chonradh is an Irish language bar on Harcourt street. It's kind of like a place where you go to use your Irish and they do a great Guinness. And there's often music there, too and even if you're not an Irish speaker, like you can go there, and you can get your Google Translate out and ask for a drink in Irish."

Club Chonradh na Gaeilge